Table 4 The effect other interventions on the incidence and severity of shoulder pain (SP)

Guido et al. [22]

1998

54, 30/24

Laparoscopic tubal ligation

Gasless laparoscopy with Laprolift®

N/A

–

N/A

Ghezzi et al. [21]

2011

76, 38/38

Hysterectomy

Minilaparoscopic vs. conventional hysterectomy

N/A

–

–

Tsai et al. [8]

2011

106, 54/51

Laparoscopic surgery for benign gynaecologic lesions

Saline instillation

↓

↓

–

Suginami et al. [20]

2009

40, 21/19

Laparoscopic gynaecologic surgery

Saline instillation

N/A

↓

–